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David M. Zaslav President and CEO Discovery Communications David M. Zaslav President and CEO Discovery Communications As chief executive, David Zaslav sets the strategy and oversees all operations for Discovery Communications, which now reaches 3 billion cumulative subscribers in more than 220 countries. Zaslav has led Discovery since 2007, executing a number of initiatives that have focused the organization on growth, performance and operational efficiency. He also has directed a strategic effort to clarify and strengthen Discovery’s world-class brands, including a renewed focus on creativity and increased investment in original content. In September 2008, under his leadership, Discovery began trading as a public company on the Nasdaq stock exchange and in 2014 became a Fortune500 company. Fortune also recently named Discovery as one of the world’s most admired companies. Since Zaslav took the helm, Discovery has launched some of the fastest-growing cable networks in the U.S., including Investigation Discovery, Velocity, and OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network, and has premiered such iconic programming as “Planet Earth” and, most recently, “Racing Extinction.” Under Zaslav’s leadership, Discovery has rolled out TLC to 405 million global subscribers, ID to 200 million global subscribers, and Velocity, called Turbo internationally, to 130 million subscribers, creating an unmatched international portfolio for viewers, advertisers and distributors. In 2013, Discovery expanded its international operations with the acquisition of SBS Nordic, a top-three portfolio of television brands across Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland featuring leading nonfiction content, locally produced entertainment programs and scripted series. In 2014, Zaslav led Discovery’s acquisition of global content creator and distributor All3Media, operated in joint-venture with Liberty Global. Discovery most recently strengthened its content pipeline with the acquisition of a minority stake in Lionsgate. The company also in 2015 acquired full ownership of Eurosport, the leading sports channels group across Europe and Asia. In June 2015, Discovery and Eurosport acquired all TV and multiplatform broadcast rights in Europe for the 2018–2024 Olympic Games. In 2012, Zaslav received the UJA-Federation of New York’s Steven J. Ross Humanitarian Award and in 2014, was awarded the Fred Dressler Leadership Award by Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications. Zaslav also spearheaded Discovery Impact, the company’s corporate social responsibility programs. Prior to joining Discovery, Zaslav had a distinguished career at NBCUniversal, where he was instrumental in developing and launching CNBC and also played a role in the creation of MSNBC. He was previously an attorney with the New York firm of LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & MacRae and graduated with honors from Boston University School of Law. Zaslav serves on the boards of Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Lions Gate Entertainment, the National Cable & Telecommunications Association, The Cable Center, Center for Communication, Skills for America’s Future, Grupo Televisa, Partnership for New York City and USC Shoah Foundation. He also is a member of the Board of Trustees for the Paley Center for Media, the Mt. Sinai Medical Center and previously served as an adjunct professor at Fordham University, where he created and taught a graduate-level course on the business of cable television. .
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